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Ensign
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 Posted - 12/30/2011 : 12:54:21 PM
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Hi everyone,I've been going through some of my older kits and decided to dust this one off and build it.
It's from a company called "Timberline Scale Products"and was released in 95, I cannot seem to find them listed on the net.
So not certain if they exist anymore.
The kit is called 1151 Grove St.and is a Victorian era home.
Classified as "Stick" in architectural style from the late 1800's.
The kit comes with a 30 page instruction booklet.
It also has a plaster cast foundation & stairs & chimneys.
Lots of Grandt Line castings and laser cut shingles & wooden panel wall sections.
I will be building it as it shows in the photo no changes, other then adding some lighting.
So I hope you will join me & enjoy this build.
Greg Shinnie
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dallas_m
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Posted - 12/30/2011 : 1:06:27 PM
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Oooh ... here he goes again. Okay, you said "no changes" ... but have another look at the boxtop photo. Those stone steps look a little heavy-handed. Might want to have a look at those and consider ...
PS -- Looks like a "crooked" house, but suspect that's just a crooked shot of the boxtop photo! 
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Ensign
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Posted - 12/30/2011 : 1:16:23 PM
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Dallas, this what I like about you, you always notice those things that I do not.
Okay now that you mention it those stairs do look kinda big!
So I will have to address that when I get there.
And it is a crooked photo not the house, but I could change that too.I would have to find a crooked man to live in it first.
Greg(here I go again)Shinnie
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Kurt Bainum
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Posted - 12/30/2011 : 1:29:54 PM
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Looks like a lot of fun. I will be watching. They told me to put up lots of photos. Don't forget to stop and snap a few for us!
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dallas_m
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Posted - 12/30/2011 : 2:00:19 PM
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PPS -- The coloring they used on the shingle trim looks similar to what Bob (Railman#something) used on his slow/slough/sluff house ... neat effect there. Glad the mention of the steps was or might be useful -- realize that you always make various improvements along the way, and those jumped out like one of those 'what doesn't belong?' puzzle pieces.
You'll also need some flashing where the different roof lines meet ... but you knew that ...
And, looking again, the chimney bricks have a "jagged" appearance at the edge ... they may have gone too deep on the mortar lines ... have a look there too. 
Meanwhile, I'm prepping a tiny gal for some paint work and making substantial progress on some knarly green siding ... so this isn't "just" backseat driving! Let's call it co-operative modeling à la forum.
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Ensign
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Posted - 12/30/2011 : 2:47:43 PM
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Dallas, you can be my back/front seat driver anytime!
And you are right again about this house reminding us of the coloured shingles used on Bob's slough house build.
And I will add the flashing required to make this roof watertight.I love making flashings for roofs in case you have not noticed.
And once again you are right about the mortar lines looking kinda deep on the chimneys.
Not to mention the lack of gutters & downspouts.
Okay, I should have started my thread like this.
I plan to build this kit like shown in the photo.
With a few modifications & upgrades where needed.
Greg
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dallas_m
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Posted - 12/30/2011 : 2:56:39 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by Ensign
Okay, I should have started my thread like this.
I plan to build this kit like shown in the photo.
With a few modifications & upgrades where needed.
Greg
That's good ... otherwise, you'd need a much bigger garbage truck!  (No doubt, this will be another outstanding and crazy-wonderful job.)
PS -- Initial primer coat revealed that Vera needed some very minor touch-ups ... those proved to be very easy ... more primer going on now.
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mabloodhound
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Posted - 12/30/2011 : 3:03:46 PM
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A nice project for an early laser kit.
Make sure you put down the valley flashing on the roof BEFORE you shingle. I've used thin copper or even alum. foil.
And for Victorian colors, look at Old House Journal http://www.oldhousejournal.com/living_life_in_colors/magazine/1522
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David from Portland
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Posted - 12/30/2011 : 3:39:41 PM
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To fill in the rest of the company background, Timberline Scale Products is long gone, likely a result of being expensive for their day. Infrequently you'll find one of their kits on ebay for no more, and often less,
than they cost 25 years ago.
They had three house kits: 1151 Grove St, kit 601; 345 Juniper St, kit 602; and 575 Sycamore St., kit 603. All were well designed and made into good looking models, especially when one recalls what was available in the mid-1980's.
Having built all three, the Grove St. bungalow is my favorite. The Juniper was also nice; a stylish Victorian. The third is a saltbox type, not as good looking.
David
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Ensign
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Posted - 12/30/2011 : 3:48:18 PM
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Thanks Dave,for the tips!
Sounds... like you might have built this one before?
If that is the case, I would love to see how yours came out!
The link you so nicely provided from Old House Journal is a great one, for helping in colour choices.
And when it comes to colours,I like the look of the ones they have used on this model, don't you?
Perhaps....I should try something different here too.
I live in a 1894 Queen Anne style house that has some of the same type of decorative shingles used in the gables as on this model.
It's a wondrous view from the top of a ladder when you are up there painting those lovely shingles.
Greg
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Ensign
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Posted - 12/30/2011 : 3:59:37 PM
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Originally posted by David from Portland
To fill in the rest of the company background, Timberline Scale Products is long gone, likely a result of being expensive for their day. Infrequently you'll find one of their kits on ebay for no more, and often less,
than they cost 25 years ago.
They had three house kits: 1151 Grove St, kit 601; 354 Juniper St, kit 602; and 575 Sycamore St., kit 603. All were well designed and made into good looking models, especially when one recalls what was available in the mid-1980's.
Having built all three, the Grove St. bungalow is my favorite. The Juniper was also nice; a stylish Victorian. The third is a saltbox type, not as good looking.
David
Hi David, thanks for the background info on this kit manufacturer.
I also have the 345 Juniper St. kit gathering dust in the basement.
If you have any photos you could share of your built up models, I would love to see them.
Greg
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Dutchman
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Posted - 12/30/2011 : 4:45:15 PM
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I'll bet you'll make it up into a beauty, Greg.
I thought for a minute that I had a kit by that manufacturer on the 'GREAT SHELF', but upon closer inspection I see that mine is from Timberline Models. A different company, I think.
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MikeFisher
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Posted - 12/30/2011 : 4:48:38 PM
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This is going to be great! What a nice looking structure.
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Ensign
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Posted - 12/30/2011 : 5:50:16 PM
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Thanks Bruce & Mike, I will do my best!
Here is a photo of the other kit I have from
Timberline, "354 Juniper street".
These kits are really attractive looking residential buildings,that's why I like them.
Something you don't see enough of on most layouts, Neighborhoods with history!.
Greg
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Ensign
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Posted - 12/30/2011 : 6:04:37 PM
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Hey Dallas,look! Big clunky stairs on this one too!
This must be the reason for Timberline's demise.
Greg
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mark_dalrymple
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Posted - 12/30/2011 : 6:11:59 PM
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Very cool!
I agree about those steps though. By my quick calculations the weatherboards are about 8" which makes steps two and three about 12". We have outside steps that are 8" and they are a stretch.
Otherwise some lovely looking structures, and I'm sure they could be changed up a bit to give 6 or 8 unique homes - as Art Curren does with the plastic houses in his kitbashing book.
Cheers, Mark.
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